SRTC Robotics Team Takes 5th Place in International Competition

by Kathy Sargent Congratulations to Sanford Regional Technical Center's Team 3451 (a/k/a our Engineering Applications with Robotics classes) for their 5th place finish in the Infinite Recharge at Home Competition sponsored by FIRST Robotics.  In the words of Brent Sirois, SRTC Engineering Applications with Robotics Instructor, “The First Robotics game of ‘Infinite Recharge at Home’ was a great success that gave us a feeling of normalcy in a year that has been anything but.  We had the option of using last…

Volunteers Needed for Goodall Brook Clean-Up

Prior to the start of alteration work to the stream channel to be done by environmental contractors later this year, the Steering Committee overseeing the restoration of Goodall Brook is seeking community volunteers to help with a general clean-up on Wednesday, May 26 of two of the intended worksites. The clean-up is being organized by Steering Committee members led by Sanford High School science teachers Beth Marass and Lindsay Strout, retired city engineer Mike Casserly, and York County Soil and…

Don’t Miss the SHS “Winter” Guard and Percussion Show May 22

After more than a year of quarantines, lock downs and social distancing, Sanford High School is bringing Marching Music Shows back! Sanford High School Band Director Erica Scarano, Marching Percussion Director Hailey Francoeur, Color Guard Director Madeline Epperson and students from grades 9 through 12 have prepared two unique performances which will be presented to a live audience in the Sanford High School Competition Gymnasium on Saturday, May 22 at 1:00 p.m. The show will also be streamed live on…
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Real Estate Transactions: April 30-May 7, 2021

Closing DateAddressDescriptionPrice4/3012 Main St., Springvale1,032 sq ft Commercial building on .34 acre lot, high traffic count, sold as is$50,1004/305 Freemont St.Duplex, each 2 bed/1 bath, separate basements and utilities, storage building, yard$275,0004/3039 Sherburne St.3 Family, each 6 rooms/2 bed/1 bath, separate utilities, well maintained, recent updates$295,0004/303 Gulliver Dr.8 room Colonial, 3 bed/2.5 bath, 2 car garage, fireplace, in ground pool, finished basement$417,0005/3316 Main St., Springvale5 room New Englander, 2 bed/1 bath, heated porch, walkout basement, near park & trails$150,0005/43 Grove…

News Notes: May 16, 2021

Residents and staff from the Newton Center transferred to their brand new space next door at Summer Commons this past week. Summer Commons, pictured above, is a new state-of-the-art licensed 64-bed skilled nursing care center combined with a 30-bed assisted living unit specializing in Memory Care. It is managed by North Country Associates, a Maine-based company with facilities across the state and in Massachusetts. Once the Newton Center is completely cleared out, it will be demolished. Starting Monday, May 17,…

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